(Note: I intend, over the next year or so, to sponsor a number of contests designed to encourage students (and anyone else) to improve their analytic skills. Today's contest has to do with critical reading skills.
The rules are simple: The first person to post the correct answer in the comments wins an incredibly valuable, gold-plated Mercyhurst College Institute of Intelligence Studies T-shirt. OK, so it's not gold-plated. It is still incredibly valuable...
Obviously, anonymous answers won't count.)
Assume for a minute that the portion of the article copied below is important to some analysis you are working on. There is something here that may be wrong or it may be right but it is definitely worth checking out (Hint: It is not the obvious stuff). What is it it and why (correct answers must include both)?
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -- Argentina have become the bookies' favourite to win the first World Cup on African soil, after two clear wins in their opening matches while their closest competitors have failed to impress.
Bookmaker William Hill said England's lacklustre goalless draw with Algeria on Friday was one of the most profitable matches involving the national team ever as fans lost money on bets for them to win in Cape Town.
"The game against Algeria was probably the biggest winning match involving England for us ever -- we made an absolute fortune," said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.
"On that match I estimate that the British bookmaking industry made $14.8 million," he added.
Sharpe said the overall turnover may be affected if England, who meet Slovenia on Wednesday in their last group match, do not qualify for the second round.
"What will happen is that overall turnover will go down," he said. "British punters will lost interest in the World Cup if England go out."
You can read the rest of the article here but I am only interested in the portion copied above. In addition, you should not need to do any additional research to answer this challenge.
